Violets for SapphoViolets for Sappho is Michelle Rochniak’s love letter to the tenth Muse. It is queer awakening, queer living, queer breathing <3Bottlecap Press, 2023
Michelle Rochniak
21-year-old poet from CT (USA). In love with mythology and cottagecore. If you've read Sappho, listened to ABBA / Ruffin / mxmtoon / dodie, and/or watched Heartstopper and Our Flag Means Death, we'll be best friends :) <3 (she/they)
Wallingford, CT, United States
Chapbooks
Selected work (12 publications)
She Knew The MoonPoem published digitally. After Joy Harjo. Not quite sure what this poem is about, but it's one of my favorites.
poetry
moon
you sure are daedalus's daughterPoem published in "Vinaigrette," a folio edited by Layla Maher (print and digital). A twist on the classical form of a sonnet lightly inspired by the tale of Icarus.
poetry
sonnet of sorts
vi. the lovers // iv. the emperorTwo poems published digitally. They express the essences of the lovers and the emperor tarot cards.
poetry
tarot
Between the BricksPoem published physically and digitally on page 41. A poem dedicated to my town library, the second home of my childhood.
poetry